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St Andrew's Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11Council737 pupilsNurseryNewport
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance93.7%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families28%
Pupils with additional learning needs10%
Pupils on roll737
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher23.0

St Andrew's Primary School is a council school in Newport for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 737 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Milner Street, Newport, NP19 0GS01633 839795All details

Inspection

Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Since September 2022 Estyn's reports describe what a school does well and what it needs to work on, without giving a grade.

Estyn's latest report, and any follow-up visits, are on Estyn's website. The only schools given a formal label are those in special measures or needing significant improvement.

Results

Wales stopped publishing results for individual primary schools in 2019, so there are none to show. Attendance, pupil numbers and staffing below come from the Welsh Government's My Local School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. The council hands out the places. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups go first; after that, the closer you live, the better your chances.

Teaching is in English.

You apply through Newport council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll737
Pupils from low-income families28%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support10%Additional learning needs; Wales –
Pupils learning English40%First language is not English or Welsh
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils56%
LanguageEnglish mediumEnglish medium school / provision
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 7 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals27.6%29.9%32.4%33.2%33.9%31.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)10.3%16.2%18.4%35.5%38.3%40.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language39.5%37.9%35.5%31.8%31.9%33.4%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils56.4%54.1%51.6%50.3%49.7%49.3%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.7% of the time. Across primary schools in Wales it was 92.8%. Wales doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on exclusions, for individual schools.

Attendance93.7%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 95.0%95.0%20192023: 91.0%91.0%20232024: 92.1%92.1%20242025: 93.7%93.7%2025
Since 2019: -1.3%

Staff and budget

From the Welsh Government's My Local School, 2025/26.

Budget per pupil£5,4202025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 3,4033,40320202021: 3,6743,67420212022: 3,7263,72620222023: 4,2584,25820232024: 4,6504,65020242025: 5,1555,15520252026: 5,4205,4202026
Since 2020: +2,017

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £258 less than the Welsh average for primary schools. Small and rural schools tend to get more per pupil.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m66612 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate114 per 1,000 people26% higher than the England average
Typical house price£235,000Newport
Nearest bus stop110 mSt Andrew`s Primary School, 12 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Patrick's R.C. Primary SchoolRoman Catholic320 m240Estyn, no gradeCompare
Somerton Primary SchoolCouncil910 m182Estyn, no gradeCompare
Lliswerry Primary SchoolCouncil920 m621Estyn, no gradeCompare
Eveswell Primary SchoolCouncil980 m486Estyn, no gradeCompare
Alway PrimaryCouncil0.8 miles395Estyn, no gradeCompare
St Joseph's R.C. Primary SchoolRoman Catholic0.9 miles206Estyn, no gradeCompare
Maindee C.P. SchoolCouncil1.0 miles542Estyn, no gradeCompare
Pillgwenlly C.P. SchoolCouncil1.0 miles656Estyn, no gradeCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Andrew's Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St Andrew's Primary School yet.

How many pupils does St Andrew's Primary School have?

737 pupils aged 3 to 11.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Milner Street, Newport, NP19 0GS
Telephone
01633 839795
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Religious character
None
Local authority
Newport
Ward
Lliswerry
Constituency
Newport East
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
28 April 2014 (result of amalgamation)
URN
402337 · School number 6802325
Language
English medium school / provision
Formerly
St Andrew's Junior School, St Andrew's Infant School

Recent changes

  • PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
  • TypeCode changed from “Community school” to “Welsh establishment”
  • Pupil numbers changed from “737” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “27.6” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from